2 mi. NE of jct of VA 623 and VA 624, Lewisetta, Virginia. County/parish: Northumberland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 23, 1997. NRIS 97000491.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Claughton–Wright House is a historic house in rural Northumberland County, Virginia. It is located near Lewisetta, 2 mi. northeast of the junction of VA 623 and VA 624, on Wright's Cove, a tributary of Glebe Creek. The small wood-frame house was built in 1787 by William Claughton, a major landowner in the area. The house is a rare example of a period house in tidewater Virginia. The building was restored in 2009.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682270